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Explore Up Close is about exploration travel - and you've organized your own group! From book clubs to retirement communities to school and college groups . . . to small groups of families and friends . . . learn more about the possibilities.

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Here's the place to find all things on your explorer's wish list. From the backroads of the Southeastern U.S., to wine estates in Burgundy; from hiking and cycling excursions, to Civil War trips . . . your exploration stars can align right here.

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Featured Trip

The Virginia Presidential Tour, July 9 - 13

Explore lovely "Southside" Virginia, James River Plantations, and Piedmont Estates, as we go in search of Virginia's Presidents. 

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